Kent's Cavern, Torquay, Devon. Photos from the BAAS Collection.

BGS image ID: P264080

George Smerdon at the entrance to Kent's Cavern. 1890. Photograph by William Whitaker.

George was the Site Foreman at the cave and undertook the excavation under William Pengelly and his decendents still manage Kent's Cavern today!  We have had confirmation that this picture is reversed.



BGS image ID: P232130

Cave Lion tooth from Kent's Cavern. Photograph by A.R. Hunt, 1891.

BGS image ID:  P232129

Beaver bones, Kent's Cavern. Photograph by A.R. Hunt, 1891.

BGS image ID: P232114

Canine teeth of Wolf, Hyaena and Machairodus. Kent's Cavern. Photograph by A.R. Hunt, 1897.

For information on the British Association for the Advancement of Science photograph collection see:

Historical geological photograph collections at the British Geological Survey. In: Edinburgh Geologist Issue 53 March 2013.

Bob McIntosh